Biology:Hypoptopoma baileyi

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Hypoptopoma baileyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hypoptopoma
Species:
H. baileyi
Binomial name
Hypoptopoma baileyi
Aquino & Schaefer, 2010

Hypoptopoma baileyi is a species of catfish of the family Loricariidae.

This catfish reaches a maximum length of 4.4 centimetres (1.7 in) SL. It is demersal, being found in fresh water in the tropics.

Hypoptopoma baileyi is native to South America, Río Iténez, in the upper Rio Madeira basin, along the border between Bolivia and Brazil.

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Reeve M. Bailey (1911-2011) of the University of Michigan, who helped collect the type specimen in 1964.[1]


Interactions with humans

Hypoptopoma baileyi is harmless to humans.

References

  1. "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes3/. 
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Hypoptopoma baileyi" in FishBase. August 2014 version.
  • Aquino, A.E. and S.A. Schaefer, 2010. Systematics of the genus Hypoptopoma Günther, 1868 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 336:1-110.

Wikidata ☰ Q6405601 entry